Nutrition

Participant drop-out rates were significantly lower in the PPET group.

Since 1980, the number of overweight children in the United States has tripled, climbing to 15 percent. In comparison, the National Research Council estimates 15 percent of pets were overweight a decade ago and nearly 40 percent are overweight today. Given a culture that increasingly regards pets as family members—and even children—with a place at an over-bountiful table, the rising number of overweight pets should come as no surprise.

Sure, Brownie's not as spry as she used to be," says your slightly indignant client, petting her basset hound's bowling ball stomach. "But that doesn't mean that she's not a healthy, happy dog, Doctor."

How many times has a client said, "But I only give my pet one scoop of food," and then you find out he or she is using a shovel?

Results of experimental and clinical investigation have confirmed the importance of dietary modifications in medical protocols designed to promote dissolution and prevention of uroliths.

Hemochromatosis results from excessive accumulation of iron in various body tissues.

Nurtured means they know the desired outcome and accept the accountability for getting there with the client and patient...

Our society is losing the war on obesity. And bad eating habits have spilled into the pet population. No matter how hard you preach, many clients don't seem to heed the warnings. In fact, client compliance with nutritional recommendations for therapeutic foods ranks at a dismal 12 percent compliance rate out of the the 59 percent of all dogs and cats that have visited a veterinarian and would benefit from treatment with a therapeutic diet, according to last year's American Animal Hospital Association's (AAHA) study. It was the worst compliance category. The survey estimates lost revenue in excess of $110,000 per veterinarian per year for therapeutic pet foods alone.

Fortunately, there are numerous quality diets to choose from.

To get pets eating appropriate diets quickly, this doctor offers clients a sampler pack of the therapeutic diets he recommends for cats with kidney disease.

Brea, Calif.-According to actuarial data, between 25 percent and 40 percent of all American household pets are overweight or obese. And this trend is leading to an increase in obesity-related pet illnesses.

Oxygen gives pets life but may behave aggressively to try to shorten it.

The extrinsic factors in mare reproduction are those that can be manipulated.

Q. Could you review the appropriate care of the pregnant bitch?

Go beyond asking questions to find definitive answers

It is not uncommon for residents of the country of Georgia, in the former Soviet Union, to live well more than 100 years.

Dr. Thomas Catanzaro provides a detailed outline of the essential elements for developing nutritional counseling for your patients.

London - Scientists at the Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition have engineered a new pet food that could reduce the rates of canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome or "doggy Alzheimer's," cancer and other age-related diseases in animals.

Lansdale, Pa.-Veterinary colleges nationwide now have the opportunity to purchase a license to a comprehensive database of companion animal nutritional data and research.